Business and Investment Associate at Finpact Development Foundation (FINDEF)

Finpact Development Foundation (FINDEF) is an indigenous non-governmental organization. Our focus is on delivering lasting value through the work we do, making us trusted advisors to all our partners. We are actively involved in the food security, livelihood and education projects, as well as government-led NGO coordination committee platform. Our local presence, capacity, experience, relationships, understanding of local culture and context are all major factors that enable us deliver humanitarian response. We are guided by humanitarian principles and our working philosophy with partners includes commitment to transparency, accountability, shared goals, honesty and trust. We keep a fast paced environment where self-motivated and independent Individuals who are looking to constantly develop themselves thrive well. We pride ourselves in working at hard to reach communities while maintaining keen focus on culture and management structures that support excellent interaction with partners and stakeholders.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business and Investment Associate

Location: Sokoto
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Summary

• The Business & Investment Associate position will be integral to achieving the objectives of our livelihood and economic resilience project interventions.
• She/he will provide technical leadership, guidance in managing multiple programme interventions.
• The ideal candidate should be an expert in business and financial model development, business analysis and strategy development, investment & business development and possess solid project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Engage, collaborate, and coordinate with cross-cutting functions on intervention strategies and workplan.
• Liaise with key programme stakeholders and participate in multi-stakeholder platforms on programme’s strategic approach, achievements, and lessons.
• Develop and maintain close relationships with project partners (mostly businesses) while overseeing and coordinating the Implementation of project interventions.
• Work in close collaboration with the Program Manager to develop, realize, and communicate the programs strategic vision to internal and external stakeholders.
• Overseeing the activities of the Agribusiness and Value Addition officers in the project intervention design, implementation, monitoring and reporting of progress and outputs against the plan for their interventions.
• Establish and maintain relationships with strategic partners; DFIs and Commercial Banks to generate business.
• Stay abreast of country, sectoral, market and business developments/new projects.
• Review and assess financial viability, creditworthiness and developmental impacts of new interventions.
• Provide recommendations and suggestions to the Program Manager for any improvement of the work efficiency and productivity.
• In collaboration with the Program Manager, identify areas for new intervention, scale-up or scale- down. 
• Any other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications and Experience

• Qualified candidates should have a Bachelors or Masters Degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Management, or any other related field.
• S/he should have a minimum of 6 years’ experience working on enterprise and agro-business development, designing and managing economic and incomes generating activities in developing countries, preferably in Northwest Nigeria.
• The Ideal candidate should demonstrate experience leading complex teams; strong business management and financial management skills, should also display excellent verbal and written skills.
• Superior project management and time management, organizational and planning skills.
• Excellent analytical, technical and conceptual knowledge about management and grasp of business management principles and practices.
• Highly skilled in investment appraisal (with comprehensive feasibility study, proposal writing, etc.)
• Experiences working in incubation services for agro-businesses and agro-business development services management is highly preferred.

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their resume and cover letter (not more than one page) detailing why they are qualified for this position to: careers@findef.org using the job title as the subject of the email.

Note:

• FINDEF does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process. FINDEF's recruitment process is transparent, and merit based. Lobbying of any form is not allowed and can lead to disqualification.
• FINDEF has zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility, and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA, at all times (both during work hours and outside work hours).
• Familiarization with, and adherence to FINDEF’s Code of Conduct is an essential requirement for all staff, in addition to related mandatory training.
• Any offer made to the candidate in relation to this vacancy notice is subject to funding confirmation.
• This selection process may be used to staff similar positions in various project locations.